INNOVATION September-October 2012

President’s Awards Recipients 2012

pres i den t ’s award s

Our annual President’s Awards recognize excellence in professional, technical and community service by APEGBC members. This year we honour eight recipients in the following categories: the R A McLachlan Memorial Award, the C J Westerman Memorial Award, the Meritorious Achievement Award, the D C Lambert Professional Service Award, the Community Service Award, the Young Professional Award and the Award for Teaching Excellence.

C J Westerman Memorial Award • Dr David Wilford Pgeo

During much of the past 35 years, Dr David Wilford has been focusing on innovative research to help forestry professionals manage BC’s forests. Serving as the Forest Hydrologist for the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations in the northwest portion of the province, Dr Wilford’s research has been to integrate forestry and geoscience to reduce the impact of forest management on alluvial fans—saving habitat, water, property and even lives. Well respected in the industry, Dr Wilford received the Distinguished Forest Professional Award in 2010 from the Association of BC Forest Professionals. An engaged and dedicated professional, Dr Wilford shares his knowledge by serving on numerous committees and divisions, and has initiated and supported ventures such as the Forestry Continuing Studies Network and the Bulkley Valley Centre for Natural Resources Research and Management. An invaluable asset to the town of Smithers, BC, Dr Wilford is a tireless supporter of volun- teer organizations including the Bulkley Valley Hospice Society and Critical Incident Stress Management Program. For his prolific contributions to forest hydrology, and dedicated professional and community service, APEGBC is honoured to present Dr Wilford with the premier award for a geoscientist, the C J Westerman Memorial Award. At the forefront of many of the innovations at BC Hydro for the past 30 years, Harry Lee has excelled in his career. Currently a Specialist Engineer, Mr Lee has held numerous roles at BC Hydro that have contributed to the development of power line fault location, precise time distribution, power system dynamics monitoring and phasor measurements systems to better control the electrical system as a whole. His expertise also encompasses power quality measurement and the detection of power theft. As a member of the Western Electricity Coordinating Council’s Joint Synchronized Information Subcommittee, Mr Lee continues to expand the boundaries of GPS-based innovations to improve energy stability for the entire west coast of North America. A well-rounded professional, Mr Lee also finds time to give back to his community as chair of the Foundation Board of Trustees at Stratford Hall, an International Baccalaureate School in East Vancouver which he helped co-found in 1999. With a drive to achieve success for the purpose of building a more reliable power system for the people of British Columbia, APEGBC is pleased to present Mr Lee with its premier award for an engineer, the R A McLachlan Memorial Award.

R A McLachlan Memorial Award • Harry Lee Peng

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